Pharmacovigilance in children in Camagüey Province, Cuba

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1079-1084

  Barzaga Arencibia Z ^a   Lopez Leyva A ^b   Mejias Pena Y ^b   Gonzalez Reyes A R ^b   Fernandez Manzano E ^c   Choonara, I ^d  

^a Children's Hospital Eduardo Agramonte Piña   (Cuba)

^b Provincial Pharmacoepidemiology Department   (Cuba)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reaction; Children; Cuba; Drug toxicity; Pharmacovigilance

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DIPYRONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; INFLUENZA VACCINE; KETOTIFEN; LORATADINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN G SODIUM; PIROXICAM; PROCAINE PENICILLIN; SALICYLIC ACID; VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COUGHING; CUBA; CYANOSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG FEVER; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EPILEPSY; FACE EDEMA; FATALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; INJECTION SITE INFLAMMATION; INJECTION SITE PAIN; IRRITABILITY; KIDNEY HYPOPLASIA; LACRIMATION; NAUSEA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHINITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SHOCK; SIDE EFFECT; SYNCOPE; TONSILLITIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URTICARIA; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUBA; DRUG TOXICITY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHARMACOVIGILANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84864277099     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: 14321041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-012-1222-9     Document Type: Article

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